The Triassic and associated rocks of the Nakhlak and Aghdarband areas in central and northeastern Iran as remnants of the southern Turanian active continental margin

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1563-1575

  Alavi, Mehdi ^a,e   Vaziri, Hamid ^b   Seyed Emami, Kazem ^c   Lasemi, Yaghoub ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e Phillips Research Center 224GB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSENING; DEPOSITS; OPTICAL RESONATORS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; COARSE TO FINE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; COUNTER CLOCKWISE ROTATION; COUNTERCLOCKWISE DIRECTIONS; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; SLOPE ENVIRONMENTS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; FOREARC BASIN; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TECTONOSTRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC; TECTONIC ROTATION;

IRAN;

EID: 0031426551     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<1563:TTAARO>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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